During Spring break we had the chance to playtest a digital prototype of our game. The game consisted of five puzzles, and the intention of the playtest was to see if our target demographic and client (Colonial School) liked the game, and their thoughts. Feedback from both the teacher, and our target demographic was as follows:
Kids
- Kids like the game
- Thought it was easy, wanted more challenge
- Understood the mechanic immediately
- Completed the game within 5 minutes
- When asked about characters they wanted they mentioned all kinds of animals they saw in the jungle
- Again asked for a wrestler
- Understood story
- Had no major complaints about art or mechanic or story
- One kid wanted dragons
- One kid recognized it was a maths game but kept playing
- Asked for more levels!
Teacher
- Teacher liked the game
- Said reverse angle gems (move in opposite direction) would be fine but only on advanced levels
- Wanted some source of competition so star rating system should have a total for students to compete against each other
- Teacher said using games to teach angle of shapes would be fine
- Teacher said students are not taught physics at their level (leaving physics out is a good idea)